Darren McGavin
Age: 83 | From: Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Person Details
Birthday: 1922-05-07 01:29:29
Death: 2006-02-25 01:29:29
Aliases: W. Lyle Richardson
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 66
TV Involvements: 49
Most Famous Work
Biography
Was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears. He appeared as the tough-talking, funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. From 1959-1961, McGavin starred in the NBC western series Riverboat, first with Burt Reynolds and then with Noah Beery, Jr. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Death Valley Days
(1952) Zacharias Gurney
Touched by an Angel
(1994) George Zarko
The X-Files
(1993) Agent Arthur Dales
The Defenders
(1961) Marty Wisnovsky
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Lyle Endicott
Tales of the Unexpected
(1979) Sheriff Milt Singleton
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Martin TremaineActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | N/A | |
| 2004 | Red (archive footage) | |
| 1999 | Mr. Stanford | |
| 1997 | Mr. Parker (archive footage) | |
| 1996 | Henry Black | |
| 1995 | Lester Corbett | |
| Brian Madison | ||
| 1994 | N/A | |
| George Zarko | ||
| John Henry Phillips | ||
| N/A | ||
| Conrad Hill | ||
| 1993 | N/A | |
| Agent Arthur Dales | ||
| Old Man | ||
| Older Arthur Huntington | ||
| 1992 | Folsom Bunting | |
| Henry Collins | ||
| 1991 | N/A | |
| actor (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Hank Dick | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mr. Hobbs | ||
| Albert Kroll | ||
| 1990 | General Fleming | |
| Condor | ||
| Os Winfield | ||
| Host | ||
| Wainwright | ||
| 1989 | Benjamin Mudge | |
| 1988 | Bill Brown | |
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Ernest McNab | ||
| E.K. Hornbeck | ||
| Chief Walter Vadney | ||
| 1987 | Craig Duncan | |
| 1986 | Chief Harry Shannon | |
| 1985 | Det. Kowalski | |
| Dr. Gerrit Koets | ||
| 1984 | Jack Beamer | |
| Martin Tremaine | ||
| Van Conway | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dr. David Jennings | ||
| Gus Sands | ||
| 1983 | Mr. Parker | |
| Old Man | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | Red | |
| 1980 | N/A | |
| Harry Forbes | ||
| Capt. McGuire | ||
| Sam Parkhill | ||
| 1979 | Coach John Martin | |
| Gen. George S. Patton | ||
| Gen. George S. Patton | ||
| Sheriff Milt Singleton | ||
| Timothy Donovan | ||
| 1978 | Henry Waller | |
| Mayor Ragsdale | ||
| Michael Nolan | ||
| 1977 | Lawrence Evans | |
| Stan Buchek | ||
| 1976 | Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley | |
| Carl Kolchak | ||
| James McNally | ||
| Carl Kolchak | ||
| Duke | ||
| 1975 | Pal Kovak | |
| 1974 | Carl Kolchak | |
| 1973 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Oliver Spencer | ||
| Carl Kolchak | ||
| 1972 | Lee Petty | |
| Dr. Lou Grazzo | ||
| Judge | ||
| Sgt. Eddie Ryker | ||
| Paul Worden | ||
| Carl Kolchak | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1971 | Darren McGavin (uncredited) | |
| Joe Chalk | ||
| McClain | ||
| Self | ||
| Lieutenant Pete Cordova | ||
| Farrell | ||
| 1970 | Drake | |
| Paul Killian | ||
| Jim McCabe | ||
| Jacob Gallery | ||
| 1969 | N/A | |
| David Ross | ||
| 1968 | N/A | |
| Barney B. Duncan | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jesse Gil McCray | ||
| Sam Hardy | ||
| David Ross | ||
| Col. Mike Blaiswick | ||
| 1967 | David Ross | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1966 | J. Richard Taggart | |
| N/A | ||
| 1965 | Mike Gregory | |
| Captain Frederick William Benton | ||
| 1964 | N/A | |
| Amos Champion | ||
| Sam Ward | ||
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Franklin Carson | ||
| 1962 | Self | |
| Sheridan Westcott | ||
| Mark Troxel | ||
| Sam Evans | ||
| 1961 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Prof. Felix Holman | ||
| Howard Potter | ||
| Marty Wisnovsky | ||
| Fred | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Phil | ||
| 1959 | Captain Grey Holden | |
| Self | ||
| Jed Hadley | ||
| 1958 | Pete Harris | |
| N/A | ||
| 1957 | Charley Hand | |
| Mike Damon | ||
| 1955 | Capt. Russ Peters | |
| Louie | ||
| N/A | ||
| Red Hillman | ||
| Lyle Endicott | ||
| Will Helmick | ||
| Lon Gorman | ||
| Joe Bascome | ||
| Eddie Yaeger | ||
| George Peters | ||
| 1954 | Timothy Donovan | |
| John Jay Forrest | ||
| Walter | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| Zacharias Gurney | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Dan | ||
| Casey #2 | ||
| Casey | ||
| 1950 | Self - Mystery Guest | |
| Joe Gillis | ||
| 1949 | Ted Larson | |
| N/A | ||
| 1948 | Will Sorrell | |
| Johnny Quigg | ||
| Tom Kendall | ||
| Bill Starbuck | ||
| 1945 | Balancing hobbyist | |
| The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited) | ||
| Student (uncredited) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1959 | Director | |
| 1958 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
